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"Monsters," mixed media including tissue paper, foil and markers, approximately 12" x 6", a double page spread from my personal journal, not for sale. I wish you could see the Striped Amoeba's belly button under her fringed flapper dress. And the Bunny Monster's layered tissue paper ears. The text at the bottom of the page reads "I'm not afraid of monsters.... but spiders scare me" (true story).

This is my demo for tomorrow's Creative Journalling class at Little Monsters Toy Storein Lake Orion. I'll be leading a group of about a dozen 6-14 year olds, building some fun collages and (hopefully) inspiring them to explore their own creative voices within the safety (and exhuberant color) of their own journals.

I had so much fun with this one - I'm sure it's fairly obvious. At one point it looked as though a bomb had gone off in the studio - tissue papers, markers, gel pens, homemade stencils and potato chips (the chips were an accident, everything else intentional) scattered across the floor as I sat cross legged working in my book and on a larger board (that one's not yet done). The board will be gifted to the shop owners (ladies, pretend you're surprised, ok?).

And I got to thinking while I was journalling today - wouldn't this be a fun activity for birthday parties? I'll have to run it by a couple kids to see what they think. Maybe do a test group journalling party with The Princess and her friends.

So many ideas, so little time!

Quite literally so many ideas - I'll be revealing a new project hopefully next week - right now I'm tweaking it's web presence, taking photographs, finishing up the logo design and writing the copy. It'll be good, though, I promise! ....and related to dogs, too!

Inquiries (including booking your own pet portrait or I suppose, even, scheduling a Journalling Party) may always come to me.

Have a great weekend!

Thanks, as always, for looking at - and sharing - my artwork with your friends and family.
Kim

SHOP ORIGINALS & LIMITED EDITION GICLEES: at my Etsy shop
ORDER CUSTOMIZED NOTECARDS & REPRODUCTIONS: at Imagekind
COMMISSION A PET PORTRAIT: contact me
GIFT CERTIFICATES AVAILABLE: contact me
READING MATERIAL: Preview and order each of the Dog a Day books at the publisher's website: The First Year (2006-2007) and That's 14 in Dog Years (2008). If you would like your copy personalized, order them through me.
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